Planning doesn't make for very good reading, does it? So instead I'll just share a few pictures I took this week - tiny moments of excitement or uniqueness.
I made kimchijjigae (kimchi stew) this week. I consulted Maangchi's recipe but also just kind of tried to make a kimchi-licious soup using the Korean flavors and ingredients I'm familiar with. Anchovy, seaweed and green onion soup stock to start, then added tons of chopped sour (old) kimchi, carrots, green onions, gochukaru, brown sugar and maybe something else I can't remember. Isaac loved it and had second helpings of everything which I've learned is the true sign of whether or not he really likes something. I think he mostly just liked that it was very spicy - when I sipped just a spoonful at a time while taste-testing it had my nose running!
Louisville's first frost happened just over a week ago now, but a second sprinkling of ice crystals confirmed it - winter is coming. I have been excited about snow - but this icy stuff makes me feel more nervous than giddy. Even if it is awful pretty.
Date night Friday night at one of our favorite spots - Shalimar. 5 minutes up the road, eternal groupons that make the final bill just over $20 for a fancy cloth napkin and table cloth kind of dining experience. I tried the vindaloo - Isaac's favorite - and now understand why it is so. It has humongous chunks of meat and potatoes in it, and isn't creamy and sweet like some other curries.
Back at home, weekend mornings still feel super special thanks to our nespresso coffee machine and some tiny shortbread biscuits shaped like scottie dogs. Another great thing about the nespresso is that its pods are made of aluminum which can be recycled and which are super delicate. Why is the latter a great thing? Both times that we have ordered the coffee capsules online, they arrived partially damaged, resulting in the company sending us a second order free of charge.
Cookie looks forward to her big adventures on the weekends - poking things with her nose, hiding under covers and doing laps around the living room at a light-speed run expressing her pure delight. A binkying bunny (that's the word used for a rabbit's joyful hopping dances) is one of the sweetest things on earth.
Like I said before, it's been a week full of planning. Not much else. Tis the season I guess. Happy pre-Thanksgiving!
I don't know how you have time to do all the prep work that go with cooking Korean food, but it does look yummy!
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